Healthy habits
It’s important to make sure we look after our physical and mental health. Adopting healthy habits helps to shape a healthy life! This session is all about leading a healthy lifestyle and ways you can improve it.
Support services
We’ve gathered these resources to help encourage healthy habits in your life. There is a lot out of information out there but start with these sources:
Nutrition
This free FutureLearn course from Deakin's Food and Mood Centre explores the relationship between nutrition and brain health, why it matters, and how to work towards positive food changes.
Food and Mood: Improving mental health through diet and nutrition
If you’re looking for some healthy food inspo, check out these ideas:
- Food & Mood Acadamy Instagram: official Insta account of the Food & Mood Centre
- Eat for health: healthy eating on a budget
- Diabetes Australia: eating healthy foods on a budget
Activity
Whether its planned exercise in the form of a gym workout, or a leisurely walk in nature, take the time to get active.
- Explore your campus
- Deakin Active
- Burwood: Gardiners Creek trail
- Waurn Ponds: Delama Dja Walk
- Waterfront: Wangim Walk
- Warrnambool: Warrnambool to Port Fairy Rail Trail
Finance
Ensuring you have healthy financial habits is also important. With financial support on campus, take some time to prioritise your financial wellbeing.
- Managing money and budgeting: useful tips for managing your money and budgeting
- DUSA: financial wellbeing support
- Money Smart: free calculators, tips and financial guidance
- Beyond Blue: financial wellbeing advice
Worth watching
Check out this video created by the researchers at Deakin's Food and Mood Centre, about the impact a Mediterranean diet may have on your mental health.